Students describe how the work of the artists reflected the their lives and times, and how they inspired new artistic movements. They compare and contrast the works of the two artists at different periods in their lives. Students view a...

Students examine the goal of the Impressionist Landscape quilter to interpret nature with fabric rather than paint. Students discover how to blend hundreds of small squares in a luminous "fabric painting." There is no appliqué, no fabric...

ibiblio.org provides a short biography of French impressionist painter Manet, the impact of his work, and many samples of his paintings.

This presentation includes an index of paintings by Mary Cassatt along with a link to her biography.

In "The Gare Saint-Lazare, the Auteuil Line" Monet shows his keen interest in light, color, and paint handling. This painting has been singled out as among the most impressive paintings of Impressionism. View this picture and read about...